How I Get Coffee / Tea During the Rehab
Every weekend I am more and more appreciative of Ed's propane camping stove with water kettle. In the wee hours of the morning, I am...
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Ed
Oct 21, 20194 min read
Kitchen Cabinets - Upper Cabinets Are Up
With the exception of the cabinet that will go above the refrigerator, all of the upper kitchen cabinets are "up". This was one of those...
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Maggie
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Painted First Window White (with many more to follow)
This weekend, while Ed was assembling kitchen cabinets, I primed and painted the first window. This is going to be my job going forward;...
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Maggie
Sep 10, 20191 min read
First Glimpse of Kitchen Cabinets
Thanks to Ed, I got my first look at some assembled kitchen cabinets. I’m going to love them! Ed chose some of the larger and more...
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Maggie
Sep 8, 20191 min read
RTA Kitchen Cabinet Assembly – Anticipation
This weekend, Ed and I will be assembling our RTA Kitchen Cabinets. Given the number of cabinets and the fact that this is all new to us,...
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Ed
Sep 2, 20191 min read
The Paint is Up!
Labor Day weekend provided a good opportunity to spend an extra day at the property and work on the house. We reached a big milestone - I...
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Maggie
Aug 21, 20192 min read
Barn Roofs - Seeking a Repair or Replacement Solution
The old outbuildings that came with our property are in fairly good shape but for their roofs. One of the buildings is a littler larger...
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Ed
Aug 10, 20191 min read
Time for Paint
After many weekends of patching, mudding, and sanding, the ceiling paint finally went on for the first floor. There is nothing like a...
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Ed
Aug 3, 20191 min read
Prime Time
The patching is done! Time for primer. The previous paint included sand as a texturing agent, so I added that in with the primer.
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Ed
Jul 27, 20191 min read
Drywall
Patching drywall is one of my least favorite projects. Unfortunately, we have a lot of patching to do. Between the walls that were taken...
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Maggie
Jul 22, 20194 min read
Everything Has an Order; Wall or No Wall
When we started to consider all of the work that we needed to do on the home and the property, it was easy to get overwhelmed (and it...
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Maggie
Jul 4, 20193 min read
How Can Painting Everything White Be Complicated?
We’ve lived in our current city home for 20 years. When we bought the house, the walls had been “newly” painted in colors that seemed to...
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Maggie
Jul 2, 20192 min read
Basement Water Issues
There was water in the basement the day we closed on our property in mid-March; it seemed to be coming in on both the NE and the NW...
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Maggie
Jun 28, 20192 min read
Building Material Deliveries - Working Through Some Logistics
Because we’re doing as much of our rehab work as possible ourselves and because we’re on a budget, we’ve had to source the associated...
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Maggie
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Measuring and Drafting
I never cease to be appreciative of the difference in perspective that my husband Ed provides. One clear example for me relates to how...
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Maggie
May 9, 20191 min read
Electricity
Since we were still in the demolition phase, it was a good point to have an electrician come in and make some upgrades. We wanted to add...
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Maggie
Apr 27, 20191 min read
Demo Continues
We briefly debated about opening up the staircase leading to the second floor. This staircase was fully enclosed with a wall and door....
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Maggie
Mar 15, 20192 min read
"Before"
When we started considering all of the work that we needed to do on the home and the property, it was easy to get overwhelmed (and it...
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Ed
Feb 22, 20192 min read
The Beginning
Boxes. Buckets. Rubbermaid tubs. Sitting in my living room in southeastern Wisconsin, I am surrounded by things Maggie believes we will...
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